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Houston: The face of America in the next 20 years

Houston: The face of America in the next 20 years

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 18

Houston is a reflection of where most of America's cities will be in the next 20 years, according to Stephen Klineberg, Rice University sociologist and director of the annual Houston Area Survey.


Houstonians more positive about city despite economic woes, annual survey finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In spite of a dramatic rise in concerns about the local economy, Houstonians are more positive about living in the region, according to the latest annual Houston Area Survey results from Rice University.


New asthma research opposes current drug treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just when the Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the use of stimulants to treat asthma, a new research study offers further evidence to support a University of Houston professor's theory that an opposite approach ...


'Refinery dust' reveals clues about local polluters

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails.





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Toddler who died of swine flu visited Houston mall

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Mexico City toddler who became the first swine-flu death on U.S. soil spent a day with his family shopping at a huge Houston indoor mall the day before he began to show symptoms.


Rasberry crazy ant

Rapacious Rasberry ants march north

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 10

Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it's the Rasberry ants.


Nanomedicine project to be tested in space

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When a spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the future, its cargo will include a small box containing a nano-fluidics experiment designed by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.


Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in ...


Zero tolerance, zero effect: Stats show laws 'inert'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

As college administrators, social scientists and law enforcement officials across the country continue to debate whether the drinking age should be 18 instead of 21, a Sam Houston State University economist challenges a related ...


Pinpointing cause of colic: Researchers identify organism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston say one organism discovered during their study may unlock the key to what causes colic, inconsolable crying in an otherwise healthy baby.


Commercialization of new solar technology to boost solar efficiency

Technology / Energy

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development ...


Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large ...


Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea

Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A computer scientist from the University of Houston and a doctor of sleep medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have teamed up to create a new, less invasive ...


Enhanced plasma shortens time off for injured athletes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Injured athletes who have their own enriched plasma injected into their bodies are healing faster and spending less time on the bench or on the disabled list.



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